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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 1h
Ref had a complementary ticket to the Bahrain GP or something?!
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 1h
Baum looks like she can be a top top player, but just needs to be 10% sharper and more aggressive when she is receiving the ball. A few times now where a better touch and first action would have led to a shot on goal.
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Goonernation @goonernation.bsky.social · 4h
Man City when asked to produce their “irrefutable evidence.”
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 11h
Posting this piece on the genesis of FFP so that the next time someone trying is to justify huge corporate fraud on the basis that the rules were cooked up by the rich clubs you can print it off and batter them round their stupid thick head with it: www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
independent.co.uk
The truth behind football’s much-maligned Financial Fair Play rules
Are the FFP rules Man City are alleged to have broken ‘unfair’ or ‘created by a cartel’? Miguel Delaney explains the reality of financial regulation in modern football
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 23h
Sham City Presenting the irrefutable evidence.
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 23h
Sorry but one more... 😆 via. nikki_mc204 (threads) Jonny Manchester just compared man city to Emmeline Pankhurst. 😂
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Sleaford Gooner @sleafordgooner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Edit; sham audit! Is a perfect anagram of: Etihad Stadium
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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re gonna rock down to The inland revenue They’re winding up Man City
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really hope that the police are looking very carefully at these verdicts. If a regular white collar crim played a central role in a £900m fraud, I reckon they’d be looking at 5 years jail time, minimum.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What we thinking for the irrefutable evidence that they’ve got up their sleeves for the appeal?
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Terrible mistake by Nico O’Reilly, of industrial-scale cheats Man City (actually, maybe I will stop now)
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Penalty conceded by Rhodri. Formerly of massive cheating cunts, Man City.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nice to see Kyle Walker receiving a framed shirt commemorating his 96 England caps. Word on the street is that there is a lot of memorobilia space about to open up round his gaff.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bad mistake Man City*’s Marc Guehi. Cheated his teammates there
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anyone whose take on the City stuff is anything along the lines of ‘Yes, they may have cheated but [some nonsense about the red cartel]/[they are better than whichever fanbase irritates me on social media] needs blasting out of a cannon aimed at the sun
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The thing I find slightly off about this whole episode is the way that journos are now rolling out the ‘the league’s reputation is in tatters, can it ever recover’ lined. As if any sentient adult hadn’t already applied an asterisk to everything City (and indeed Chelsea) won over that period.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This lad is a legend. Get him a statue. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Manchester City guilty verdict ‘a historic decision’, says whistleblower Rui Pinto
The Football Leaks founder, who lives under police protection, exposed thousands of documents that triggered investigations into the club’s finances
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Hush Kerai @hushkerai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nick Harris. Miguel Delaney. Kevin Maguire. Orny. Put your Spoons table number on here lads because we all owe you many pints
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fair play to @davidmooney.co.uk, can’t have been easy to front up and do a 5Live interview about the City charges. Really refreshing to hear someone take a sensible, not overly tribal position, despite their club allegiances. Class act. 👏
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YouAreMyArsenal @youaremyarsenal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
115 115 Charges 115 I say Cheating Football the Man City Way #115
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’ve just had a Spurs supporting mate crawl out of the woodwork for the first time in 12 months and try to give me shit about today’s result. I mean…
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Shades of Derby County (a) 1997/1998, that
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
All those ridiculous ‘Can anyone possibly stop Arsenal’ headlines look even more ridiculous now, right?
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Arsenal 4-1 up and the commentator’s narrative seems to be that the other 10 Arsenal players aren’t doing enough to feed Gyokeres 🙃
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
PGMOL/Pro Ref/Whatever could considerably speed up the game if they told Michael Oliver to just quickly show a card rather than holding the stage like an actor delivering a Shakespearean soliloquy
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
‘Because we don’t get the lines any more’ Wait, what??
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think I preferred wrestling on set-pieces to a world where the referee blows for any vague contact in favour of the team he regards as the underdog
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is probably the first game United have played under Carrick where there is any real pressure on them to win. Will be interesting to see what they’ve got.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
United’s decision to start playing against 10 men at walking pace is an interesting one
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Pierre Sage and his tight black roll neck are doing a weekly job of detonating France’s reputation for sartorial elegance
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reinildo’s confusion at the rules of football is something to behold
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Looking forward to the 18 mins injury time that they will find down the back of the sofa
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hahahahahahaha
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The bias is just wild
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joke decision
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Love the way the commentators cannot wait to say there is nothing in anything that Sunderland do
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That was really really good*
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Let’s get Rice off. He looks shattered.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’m sure Napoli will now snatch a scabby 1-0 win somehow, but this is an embarrassing way to play for an Italian team playing at home
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... It really does sometimes feel as if a part of Arsenal’s fanbase is always on the lookout for the next thing to feel anxious or grumpy about. The team are champions and probably the 2nd best team in Europe. The average age of the squad is 26. They have three potential…
bbc.co.uk
Arsenal transfer news: Gunners had more than 20 players on summer shortlist
Senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel goes inside Arsenal's bid to capitalise on their Premier League title and strengthen their squad this summer.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A lot of people massively over-indexing Tzolis’ performance in his first tough away game.
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bruno is a hell of a player #analysis
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And McGinn’s got the brass neck to be complaining to the referee at half time 😂
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excellent second half performance
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Love the way McGinn gets to barrel around doing whatever he likes because he’s a burly Scottish lad
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Play til they score is it??
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Garnacho goal nailed on
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You know when people talk about fans of a particular team being really knowledgeable? Villa fans are the exact opposite of that
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Ben Ray @benray78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fuck me, it doesn’t take much for the moaning to start does it?
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